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Hello all, I turn 25 today, so if Baltimore (and Norwich) don't get their act together I'm just ending it on the hill

SKY SPORTS, 6PM
BALTIMORE RAVENS (2-2) @ MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-1)
When I first saw this game on the schedule, I wasn't too worried, how things change. We were pretty, let's say limp, last week in Buffalo due to refusing to run the ball assuming Joe Flacco is indeed an elite quarterback (he's not, it's still October) while Miami were soundly humbled by New Orleans away after a great start. Today really depends on how both teams respond, but I'm not particularly confident, given Miami's strong start. If we run the ball and get our defence firing, then we have a chance, but as things stand, I think Miami can take this at home. (MIA by 3)

9:25PM, SKY SPORTS
DENVER BRONCOS (4-0) @ DALLAS COWBOYS (2-2)
Can anything stop the Denver Broncos? Perhaps Gerry-world? MM. Perhaps not. The whole NFC East is a mess, and while Dallas will have some chances, it's pretty hard to see anything other than a Denver win right now. (DEN by 7)

1:30AM, CHANNEL 4
HOUSTON TEXANS (2-2) @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-2)
Last year, this would have been a battle of the titans, but as things stand it's a match between two under performing teams who need this win to kick start their season. There's lots of great potential match-ups here in what should be a very close fought, intriguing battle, but giving Niners benefit of the doubt at home (By 3)

MONDAY, 1:40AM, Eurosport
NEW YORK JETS (2-2) @ ATLANTA FALCONS (1-3)
Atlanta have been disappointing this year while the Jets have been quietly surprise packages. Tomorrow that changes, with the Falcons resoundingly thumping the Jets at home (by 7)

THE REST:
New Orleans Saints (4-0) at Chicago Bears (3-1) - How this isn't on TV, I'm not really sure. Some big performances from the Bears D will need to be strong to keep them Saints out at home (NO by 3)
New England Patriots (4-0) at Cincinnati Bengals (2-2) - The AFC North has gone from one of the strongest divisions to a total joke (THE BROWNS ARE TOP) (NE BY 7)
Philadelphia Eagles (1-3) at New York Giants (0-4) - Speaking of joke divisions... It's hard to see the Giants winning at the moment, unless they're playing the Jags. (PHI by 4-5)
Detroit Lions (3-1) at Green Bay Packers (1-2) - What is going on this year? The Lions above the Pack? The Pack are back after a bye week at home (GB by 4-5)
Jacksonville Jaguars (0-4) at St. Louis Rams (1-3) - MM... (STL BY 7)
Kansas City Chiefs (4-0) at Tennessee Titans (3-1) - here's an interesting one, though Jake Locker's injury put a dampener on things, but Ryan Fitzpatrick has some skills when he wants. Chiefs look pretty strong but (KC by 4-5)
Seattle Seahawks (4-0) at Indianapolis Colts (3-1) - Again, this game should be on TV. Some great stories of some young teams. (SEA BY 3)
LATES:
Carolina Panthers (1-2) at Arizona Cardinals (2-2) - This should be pretty fun, some great stuff on show here (ARI by 3)
EVEN LATER:
San Diego Chargers (2-2) at Oakland Raiders (1-3) - This game is at 3:30am BST due to the A's road to the pennant, shame the same can't be said for their flatmates (SD BY 7)

Sky do love the Ravens and Giants don't they, and they can't really justify showing the latter right now.

Normal service in the AFC South being resumed, the run a few seasons back of teams winning one season followed by losing the next. Falcon's adrift already, and all this confidence of smashing the Jets would do for me.

Bizarre choice of early game on Sky this week although as a Gamepass user (and non-sky customer) I'm pretty happy I get to see the Seahawks game, probably flick to the Saints Bears game too or maybe try to watch both at once.

Think we'll lose our first game this week though. We've never been good against the Bears and they're playing well. Expect Jimmy Graham to have another monster game though as Lance Moore is out again.

Started well in DiS division 1 with Fred Jackson getting me 21 points. Hoping to retain my place at the top of the league- with Peyton and LeSean McCoy I've always got a good chance.

In my other non-DiS fantasy league I'm undecided between Matt Ryan and Russell Wilson. Leaning to Ryan at the moment as Seahawks aren't the greatest on the road- but it could be a shoutout against the Colts and I think Harvin might be back.... Thoughts?

If you have skysports, redzone is available on red button so that may be a good starting place (RedZone basically switches to whatever game has the best chance of a score coming)

Something I found got me into the sport a lot quicker was reading up on players for the upcoming drafts. There is so much to take in that I found learning about new players before they come in to the league was a good starting point.

Basically just watch stuff though, it's an insanely complicated sport, most Americans I don't think fully understand it, but you don't need to know much to enjoy it.

Ohh and also, ask folk on here if you have any questions. We are an incredibly knowledgeable bunch ;)

and doesn't look like a game winner right now.
Giants were stronger for a while when they went to some shorter passing, but the game plans are just far to heavily weighted on the long pass.
One of the 'interceptions' wasn't really. Eli had his facemask tugged and in the process the ball hit an O-lineman's helmet. It was a fumble really, but should have been a penalty. The officiating was dreadful for both teams.

they've had a brutal three game stretch, and things get alot easier from here onwards. Still got both games with Jacksonville to go. don't see Shaub getting benched when they don't exactly have a better option on the bench. Take away the pick sixes and he hasn't been Gabbert-like awful imo, would do them well to keep him in at least til their bye week

the secondary was superb throughout, in particular Tarell Brown and Eric Reid (Reid has probably been an upgrade over Goldson so far this season). Forced Shaub to work through the middle. Coped well without Willis and Aldon Smith, although Bowman had a pretty poor game, in particular with run stopping

Ben clearly only really trusts Miller & Anotonio Brown in the passing game & they've been get behind and hence having to pass more. I think he'll be a good solid (if unspectacular) choice for the remainder of the season.

The Vikings get to try out a QB who was previously good and find out whether he's broken or not. He gets to prove himself in a Schiano-less situation. For the Vikings, if he fails they will likely be in a position to draft a QB and they can get rid of Ponder. If he succeeds, they can get rid of Ponder. Win-win.

My attempts to get Alshon Jeffrey were trumped by Tony Gonzales, so need to bolster my ranks.

Charles Clay, Chris Ivory (he'll come good soon, honest) and the currently-injured-but-potentially-brilliant-down-the-back-stretch Shane Vereen all on the table (or any two of them, if you like). Might be open to other offers if they're good.

It was a MASSIVE wrench to give up AP. But I'm a one man team at the moment. If he got injured again...

This way I get three immediate starters (assuming Gronk finally comes back). If (and it's a big if) him and Richardson get back to their best I'm getting 2 x round 1/2 picks plus Decker who's better than most of my WRs.

He's obviously pretty crap since he couldn't beat out a rookie at the Seahawks (obviously Russell Wilson turned out to be pretty great, but still) and one game as the starter for the Raiders (the Raiders!!!) was enough for them to decide to throw him from the plane while a lunch box instead of a parachute.

So, where would he be if it hadn't been for that incredible week 17 game when Rodgers had a nice sit down? Who knows, but he'd a hell of a lot poorer than he is now.

who has the brighton b52's in division 2, but I was watching the game last night and was certain that Matt Ryan had won that game for me. Bilal bloody powell getting like 2 yards in the last 15 seconds or something :(

I've been lucky, I've had 1 good week so far but have muddled through to 4-1 by being consistently average.

Much happier with my team now, when Stephen Jackson got injured I really only had Lynch as a fit starting running back. I've been helped out massively by Romo having a gret season (numbers wise anyway) I think I picked him up in round 7 or 8.

Wish I'd been a bit quicker picking Rivers up off FA and then I'd be very happy indeed.

Reading those headlines you'd think he was Megatron, he's not and Atlanta still have White (if fit?), Douglas and Tony G all as good a set of receivers as many other teams have and Toilolo looks decent and we know Ryan is good enough but that O line sucks and haven't had a decent secondary, well ever.

Seems like every season the hopes are pinned on one or two standout players and not a lot elsewhere.

Mike Smith's a goner, Arthur, time to sign a decent Head Coach perhaps?

doesn't go through til Friday morning but he plays Thursday night. I'm not sure how that works as far as who gets his points this week?

Is anyone in Division 2 going to object if I change the trade review time to 1 day instead of 2? I doubt it will help me with this trade but at least it will avoid this problem for others in the future

Somehow the system isn't clever enough to notice there's a game on Thursday night until it actually happens. Then it'll be all 'oh, someone played last night, you'll have to wait until Tuesday, sorry.'

'Accepted Trade: The Flying Cordarrellefish and Knights of Wine and Roses pending until the morning of Sunday, October 13, 2013. Note that if a player involved in the transaction has already completed his game for the week, the trade will process Tuesday of the following week.'

so small time this, Houston get one, two years of relative success as the Texans for the first time in the franchise history and they turn maddeningly bitter in an instant, you don't, as far as I know, see anyone in Pittsburgh or New York being this embarrassing.

Schaub's alright too, not like they took him as a 1st round pick or traded the world for him. He's been pretty good in previous seasons as well hasn't he? I never minded him in the game when Vick was rested or injured.

I'm looking for multiple players here, apart from Charles my roster is weak so a deal for Charles +2 weaker players for 3 players better than the weak ones but not as good as Charles is what I'm looking for if that makes sense.

I love the trading, just love it. Best part of the game. The actual scoring is far too reliant on your players, you know, doing stuff and staying fit, which is out of your hands. All the to-ing and fro-ing with offers and counter offers, scratching your beard and going "weeeellllll.....", that's the business.

At some point Eli is going to have a great game, just when no-one expects it. Might as well be tonight. Would help if he had anyone at all to hand it off to. Which reminds me.

I find it really weird that two teams like the Giants and Patriots managed to leave themselves with no decent runners and no decent receivers respectively this year. I know Brown and Amendola got injured, but still.

His pass pro has been terrible, but Wilson's has been worse. Eli is a veteran, he's the highest paid member of his offense and he needs to make sure he is on the same page as his WRs, and when it's clear he's not, he needs to bail out. That he's throwing balls straight into trap zones and coverages because his WRs are running the wrong routes isn't an excuse. Don't throw the ball in the first place, or throw it away. Take care of the damn football.

i was just looking at the defenses. take Indianapolis - they're projected to get no sacks, but four fumble recoveries. um, likely?

or, i've got Drew Brees and Darren Sproles. Brees is projected to get points for 1 2-point conversion. Sproles is projected to get points for 2! how's that going to happen then? and then you look at the defense projections and it says New Orleans are going to win 44-37. why would they need two 2-point conversions then?

but I was looking at players and stuff and somehow the NFL site dropped one of my selected WR and change him up for a second K. So now I can't reverse the transaction and it's now on waivers. Fucking hell, if someone picks him up that's a big bag of shit. :'[